'Nut rage' heiress takes on brother in S. Korea succession feud


In this file photo taken on May 22, 2015 former Korean Air (KAL) executive Cho Hyun-Ah (C) is surrounded by journalists after she received a suspended jail sentence and was freed by a Seoul appeals court in Seoul, after she had been jailed for a year in February for disrupting a flight in a rage over macadamia nuts. - The "nut rage" heiress who forced a plane to turn back over her macadamias is fighting a bitter battle -- with activist shareholder support -- against her brother for control of the family airline, highlighting resistance to reform in South Korea's chaebols. - AFP

SEOUL: The "nut rage" heiress who forced a plane to turn back over her macadamias is fighting a bitter battle -- with activist shareholder support -- against her brother for control of the family airline, highlighting resistance to reform in South Korea's chaebols.

Cho Hyun-ah, 45, whose family control the Hanjin group that includes flag-carrier Korean Air, made headlines worldwide with her furious reaction when she was served nuts in a bag instead of a plate in first class.

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